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A photograph of a homa ceremony in a hall with woven mats on the floor. A boy in a white striped shirt and blue jeans kneels before a seated figure in an orange dhoti and red top, wearing a white flower garland with green and red ribbon accents. The seated figure reaches to touch the boy's head, while a man in white with an orange shawl sits nearby beside a metal bowl and brass vessels. Behind them, devotees in white clothes and orange shawls stand and sit, a man in a yellow and black shirt watches, and a white fan is visible. A small fire pit with white stone edging is in the foreground.

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